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Student Learning and Assessment I

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Michele Miller, Michigan Technological University; Anna Pereira, University of California, Berkeley; Benjamin Mitchell, Michigan Technological University

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Mechanical Engineering

. 103. Feisel, L.D. and Rosa, A.J., (2005) The Role of the Laboratory in Undergraduate Engineering Education, J. Engineering Ed., 94(1), pp. 121-130.4. Kline, R., (1994) World War II: A Watershed in Electrical Engineering Education, IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, pp. 17-23.5. Dutson, A.J., Todd, R.H., Magleby, S.P. and Sorensen, C.D., (1997) A Review of Literature on Teaching Engineering Design Through Project-Oriented Capstone Courses, Journal of Engineering Education, 86 (1), 1997, pp. 17-28.6. Sheppard, S.D., Macatangay, K., Colby, A. and Sullivan, W.M. (2008) Educating Engineers: Designing for the Future of the Field, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.7. NAE, (2004) The

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Innovative Curriculum In Engineering Technology

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S. Sridhara, Middle Tennessee State University

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Engineering Technology

based on the ABET a-kcriteria. As has been done at several U.S. universities, we use the tests, final exam, homeworkand laboratory activities as direct methods to evaluate the learning outcomes. The major fieldtest (MFT), exit interview (oral and anonymous questionnaire) and employer and/or employeesurvey are used as the indirect methods to evaluate the learning outcomes. ET 3830, 4340 and4830 are three-credit courses and in each course the author gives two tests and one final exam,Each test and the final exam carry one-fourth of the final grade. There is at least one hands-on orcomputational team project in each class and the project(s) carry one-fourth of the final grade.Students can work independently but are encouraged to work in teams to

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Recruiting, Retention, and Diversity in Engineering Technology

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Omer Farook, Purdue University, Calumet ; Chandra R. Sekhar, Purdue University, Calumet, Department of Technology; Jai P. Agrawal, Purdue University, Calumet; Essaid Bouktache, Purdue University, Calumet; Ashfaq Ahmed P.E., Purdue University, Calumet; Hassan Moghbelli, Isfahan University of Technology, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Texas A&M University, Department of Mathematics

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Engineering Technology

knowledge of both hardware and software. Thereis a shortage of individuals who could implement hardware-software integration in design anddevelopment. The proposed degree curriculum plan will bridge the gap between these twodisciplines, and will provide the students a solid foundation in each. The proposed curriculumwill integrate the knowledge in the areas of electronics, computer and software with intensiveclassroom and laboratory experiences.From a software perspective, the proposed curriculum would draw its resources and wouldinclude most of the existing courses from the Computer Science curriculum within thedepartment of Mathematics, Computer Science, & Statistics . Students will gain proficiency insoftware design and development using

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Thinking Outside the Box! Innovative Curriculum Exchange for K12 Engineering

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Van Stephen Blackwood, Colorado School Of Mines, GK-12 NSF Fellow; Barbara M. Moskal, Colorado School of Mines

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

this lecture to appealto and inform a young audience. Since the lesson is based on observation (the students watch the candle burn), and the depth ofthe subject matter is controlled by the students curiosity. This makes it easy to adapt the lessonto multiple age groups and learning levels. The lesson is guided by questions in response to thestudents observations. The purpose of this laboratory and the big challenge to students is, ”Howdoes the solid fuel or wax get to the flame?”Teacher Background: States of Matter: Solid, liquid, gas, and plasma. Capillarity: The ability of a narrow tube to draw a liquid upwards against the force of gravity. Siphon: A pipe or tube fashioned or deployed in an inverted U shape and filled until atmo

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Computer Science Applications

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Norena Martin-Dorta, University of La Laguna; Isabel Sánchez Berriel, University of La Laguna; David López Rodríguez; Héctor Amado; Jose Luis Saorin, Universidad de La Laguna; Manuel Contero, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Instituto Interuniversitario de Investigación en Bioingeniería y Tecnología Orientada al Ser Humano (I3BH)

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Computers in Education

project has been developed in several stages (see below). A first trialversion of the mobile game was brought out and evaluated by 22 users. A second trial versionwas then released based on the correction of detected bugs and suggestions made on the firstversion.STAGE 1: Establishing project targets, getting lab ready and choosing tasks that users shouldperform.STAGE 2: Users' evaluation: performed by users on laboratory, collecting data throughquestionnaires.STAGE 3: Collect data: Summarizing bugs found and proposing solutions.STAGE 4: Application improvement: Programming and implementing suggestedenhancements.STAGE 5: Application final version.The user was asked to complete the four training tasks available on the device and twocompetitions: 10

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ECE Division Poster Session

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Heinz Schmidt-Walter, Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany; Michael J. Dyrenfurth, Purdue University, College of Technology, West Lafayette; James L. Barnes, James Madison University

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Electrical and Computer

State students experienced not being required attend class, while theDarmstadt students experienced required class attendance.Interestingly, the students indicated that the courses were either about the right level or moredifficult than at their home institution. The Purdue and Penn State students indicated that nothaving routine homework and tests, with only a final exam at the end of the course, madethem a little uncomfortable. Conversely, the Darmstadt students were not used to havinghomework and periodic tests. All the students indicated that the laboratory experiences weredifferent than at their home institution. Interestingly, the Darmstadt students indicated thatinstruction was more structured than the more independent structure of their

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Special Session: Creating, Using, and Assessing with Concept Maps in Introductory Materials Courses

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Jessica Triplett, Arizona State University; Jacquelyn E. Kelly, Arizona State University; Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University

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Materials

., Sonak, B., & Suen, H.K. (1999). Concept map assessment of classroom learning: Reliability, validity, and logical practicality. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 36, 475-492. 3. Markow, P.G. & Lonning, R.A. (1998). Usefulness of concept maps in college chemistry laboratories: Students’ perceptions and effects on achievement. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 35, 1015-1029. 4. Hoz, R., Bowman, D., & Chacham, T. (1997). Psychometric and edumentric validity of dimensions of geomorphological knowledge which are tapped by concept mapping. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 34(9), 925-947. 5. Lowes, Leslie, & Nolan, Tom. Why Water? Retrieved on January 6, 2011 from http

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William Shelnutt; Monica Lumsdaine; Edward Lumsdaine

, exchange information, ask questions, and display studentprojects, as well as download the Teaching Manual (with the “answer” portions accessible onlywith a password).Experience and Feedback1. Integration into Existing Curricula at Michigan Tech: Creative problem solving was madea required freshman course in electrical engineering at Michigan Tech from 1994 to 1998. In itscurrent curriculum restructuring effort, the department has developed its own Introduction to Engi-neering course, as well as a senior professional design laboratory. Both stress teamwork and com-munication skills. The existing Creative Problem Solving course GN150 (a requirement in generalengineering and a technical elective for all other students) has switched to a stronger

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Arnoldo Muyshondt; Ing-Chang Jong

Session 1668 Interactive On-Line Testing and Learning Utilizing a Hub on the WWW Arnoldo Muyshondt, Ing-Chang Jong Sandia National Laboratories / University of ArkansasAbstractThis paper is written to contribute an easy-to-use software, with illustration, for creating interac-tive on-line testing and learning utilizing a hub on the World Wide Web. The software is seg-mented into eight program files, where the first two are subject specific while the other six areuniversal. The two subject specific program files are used by an instructor to create a gatewayweb

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John G. Nee

activities are documented with emphasis on those related to career goals (professional clubs, leadership positions, special projects, etc.).• Professional references are listed in order to establish a network between the student, faculty, and future employers/supervisors.X. Internship Evaluations for AssessmentMany departments, recognizing that there are important elements of industry which cannotadequately be taught within the four walls of university classrooms or laboratories haveestablished an internship experience. The industrial internship is designed to provide on-the-jobexperience supervised by successful practitioners. The internship can directly contribute to thedevelopment of a student’s technical skills and knowledge and be in

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Peter Kwok; Eron Flory; Javed Alam, Youngstown State University; Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas

section, to the search engine for the Library of Congress, with this link their database can be searched for more references, including more specific areas of FEM. Figure 10. References Page from the Bar Element Module.3. Format of the Finite Element CourseThe Introduction to Finite Element Method course of this discussion, (ME3512) at WPI is aseven week junior/senior level course that meets four class hours (fifty minutes) per week andhas two, one-half hour design laboratories per term. The course typically enrolls forty to sixtystudents and consists of approximately ninety-percent mechanical engineering majors and therest come from civil engineering. The textbook by Logan [8] was used and the topics coveredChapters

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Scott McNamara; Martha Cyr; Barbara Bratzel; Chris Rogers

Experimentation, J. of Engineering Education, Vol. 86, No. 2, pp. 167-171, 1997.3. John Paul Osborne, B. Erwin, M. Cyr, and C. Rogers, A Creative and Low-Cost Method of Teaching Hands-onEngineering Experimentation Using Virtual Instrumentation, Laboratory Robotics and Automation, Vol. 10, No. 2,pp. 63-66, 1998.4. URL: http://LDAPS.IVV.NASA.GOV Page 4.369.6SCOTT MCNAMARAScott McNamara is an undergraduate robotics nut at Tufts University. He spent many hoursmaking sure everything would work for the students.MARTHA CYRMartha Cyr is the Director of the Center for Engineering Education Outreach at Tufts University.She received her doctorate from WPI

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Teri Reed Rhoads; Susan Haag; Gwen Lee-Thomas

Engineering Design, Calculus with Analytic Geometry, Physics,and First-Year English Composition.RHIT had its beginnings with the first-year integrated curriculum during the 1990-91 academicyear, however, RHIT’s initial participation in the FC occurred during the 1993-94 academic year.At RHIT, the design of the FC curriculum is based on the tradition that the typical RHIT studenttakes 16-18 credit hours per quarter. Therefore, the FC course load consists of 12 credit hoursper quarter encompassing nine one-hour sessions and three three-hour laboratory periods. Inaddition, FC students take an elective each quarter in humanities, social science, physicalscience, or life science. Also, RHIT FC included students in engineering and the sciences.Based on the

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William Swart

-cultural and global • Develop a global engineering upper division environment. general education cluster and certificateThe execution of these tasks will differentiate our programs in that students will: 1) Receive a4X4 engineering education: 4 years of traditional classroom and laboratory experience integratedwith 4 years of engineering practice in real life projects; 2) Be prepared to practice engineeringin any global or multicultural environment; 3) Have the opportunity to be admitted into a 5 yearintegrated BS/MS program; and, 4) have the opportunity to apply for guaranteed admission intomedical or law school. Executing these tasks became our college wide agenda for action for the1997-1998

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Charles Slivinsky

: Jossey-Bass, 1993.8. Charles Slivinsky, “Networked, Asynchronous Assessment of Ongoing Instruction,” Frontiers in Education Conference, November 1997.CHARLES SLIVINSKYCharles Slivinsky is a Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Missouri-Columbia, where he hastaught since 1968. He has worked for several companies and government laboratories and is a former departmentchair. He is involved in both engineering and computer science accreditation activities. Dr. Slivinsky received hisB.S.E. in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University in 1963 and the MSEE and Ph.D. from the University ofArizona in 1966 and 1969, respectively

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Robert Voigt; Patricia Warren; Charles Cameron; Anne Madsen; Eric Twite

on problem solving techniques for basic electrical engineering, itmeets 3 times a week for fifty minutes. The material was reinforced with mandatory, gradeddaily homework assignments and supplemented with weekly 2-hour laboratories whichdemonstrated the concepts being taught in the classroom. To better reach the students, weaugmented these traditional teaching methods with extensive use of multimedia in the classroom.Each classroom is equipped with a multimedia personal computer (PC) connected to a“Smartboard”, a device that serves both as both a large screen display and as an interactive touchscreen. The display is driven by a projection system connected to the PC. Utilizing one of fourdifferent colors, the Smartboard also permits us to

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Phylis Katz; Howard A. Canistraro; Ann Lankford; Joan Dannenhoffer; Janice Girouard

to instill an awareness of student responsibilities at the University, on both social and academiclevels. Undoubtedly, new facets of the course will lead to further revisions in years to come. One ofthe strongest points of the course is the flexibility that is given to the teaching team; they areessentially free to tailor their presentation to fit their own pedagogical styles. Hopefully the coursewill help to familiarize incoming students with both the academic and social requirements of campuslife and help them to attain their career goals.Bibliography1. Beaudoin D.L. and Ollis D.F., “A Product and Process Engineering Laboratory for Freshmen,” Journal of Engineering Education, 84 (3): 279-284, 1995.2. Besterfield-Sacre M.E., Atman C.J

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William Durfee

. Settling on a form for the agreement requiredsubstantial negotiations between lawyers for the companies and those for the university.Universities have no hold over student work done for courses, but it is unusual for the universityto allow a contract where faculty assign their rights to a company since faculty are employees of theuniversity. Nevertheless, all parties agreed that this was necessary to enable a substantial learningexperience for the students.Faculty have used the course as a “laboratory” to conduct research on the product developmentprocess. The projects are sufficiently real that meaningful studies can be conducted. For example,one study looked at communication between marketing and engineering members of a cross-functional team

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Mohamed El-Faham; Ibrahim El-Mohr; Asser Zaky

regarding humanities and social science courses.Hopefully, the inclusion of such courses will help improve the interaction betweenengineers and the societies they serve. Page 4.30.3 Table I. Degree plan (LC: Lecture, LT: Laboratory or Tutorial) Semester 1 Semester 2Course title LC – LT - CR Course Title LC – LT - CREnglish for Special Purposes(1) 1- 3- 2 English for Special Purposes (2) 1- 3- 2Mathematics (1) 2- 2- 3

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Julie A. Phillips; Dewey A. Swanson

its companies and institutions for employees who have ready access to programs offering specific skills training and personal development, professional and technical certificates and associate undergraduate degrees in those disciplines justified by local need.A task force including the Chief Executive Officers of Columbus’ major businesses and industry,regional hospital, Chamber of commerce, Economic Development Board, elected officials, andsenior administrators of local colleges and public schools is cooperatively developing theprogram to support these objectives. This plan is for a facility/complex to be equipped withflexible, state-of-the-art learning laboratories, and a full-interactive electronic library.This program is still in

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Mary K. Handley

this decision. This was intendedto force reflection on the connection between performance, effort, and final grade. The portfoliogave the students a chance to see how things fit together in chemistry. They could highlight theirstrengths, address their weaknesses, include class activities from other courses which utilized orexpanded on their chemistry training, draw connections, and evaluate their overall performance. Table 2: Questions to answer in your portfolio essay 1. How do these four pieces reflect your progress in thinking about chemistry? 2. How do these items demonstrate your ability to integrate concepts in the laboratory? 3. Thinking of the piece which requires improvement, why does it need

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Melinda J. Piket-May; Julie Chang; James Avery

1997.JAMES P. AVERYJames P. Avery received a B.S. degree in Computer Science from Michigan State University and a Ph.D. degree in Page 4.432.5Analytical Chemistry from the University of Illinois, Urbana. He has been an Assistant Professor of Electrical andComputer Engineering at the University of Colorado, Boulder, since 1982. He is active in developing new electricalengineering courses and experimenting with new teaching techniques and technologies. He also serves as TechnicalDirector of the Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory

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Chuck Keating; Paul Kauffmann; Abel Fernandez

what laboratories or facilities are useful to you?Weaknesses: Consider the issues that will be detrimental and may negatively impact your plans. For example, NSF may be a possible source of research funding but this may not be realistic unless your department has an on-going relationship with NSF.Opportunities: Examine unexplored areas that may be exploited for your benefit. Areas such as local economic development activities and synergy with current faculty research should be considered.Threats: Identify competitive issues that may impact your plans. For example, other universities may have programs or research plans that compete with your ideas.Once the SWOT analysis is completed, important department

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Raffaello D'Andrea

integral part of the project. Due to the complexity of the system, analytical studies of thesystem design and integration aspects of the project need to be complemented with extensivesimulation: at the mechanical level (the low level control system, the dynamics and kinematics ofthe robots, etc.), at the decision and strategy level, and at the system level (the integration of themechanical and strategy simulations).3) Project ManagementThe coordination and management of the various resources available to complete the project,such as money, time, and laboratory facilities, is an integral part of the project. Two teams oftwelve students are engaged in the project. The team members are comprised of students withdiverse skills and interests. For

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Frederick Orthlieb

research, problem definition, specification setting, projectplanning and evaluation phases of a project-based design course and analogous stages ofinformation gathering, program description, goal and outcomes identification, performancemeasurement and evaluation that comprise an engineering program assessment task. NCIIA-designated level I, II and III projects are covered, including both embedded laboratory modulesand full semester efforts. Students not only benefit from interdisciplinary interaction amongand outside of engineering fields, but also get to specify, acquire, use and evaluate componentsand equipment items not commonly found in many undergraduate labs, particularly at smallerinstitutions. In developing their own project plans, reports

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Michael Ruane

. Microcontroller team web site: http://acs6.bu.edu:8001/~wolffman/skiewardBiographyMICHAEL RUANE is Associate Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering at Boston University. Hereceived the B.E.E. from Villanova University in 1969, his S.M.E.E. from MIT in 1973, and the Ph.D. in SystemsEngineering from MIT in 1980. He spent two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Sierra Leone, was a staffmember of the MIT Energy Laboratory from 1973 until 1977 and is a registered professional engineer (electrical).He joined Boston University in 1980 and is a member of the Boston University Photonics Center. Page 4.466.9

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John T. Welch; John Durkin; James E. Grover; Douglas Smith

Processor Design. The latterthree are available to electrical engineering majors as senior year electives. Prior to VLSIdesign, they have a required course in programmable logic, which is an elective for electricals.They are strongly advised to take a computer interfacing laboratory course as an elective. Fall Spring Summer English Comp I English Comp II First Calculus I Calculus II Year Natural Science Physics I Tools for Elec. & CpE Discrete Math Physical Education Public Speaking Calculus III Differential Equations Second Physics II

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E. Dendy, Jr. Sloan; Anthony E. Vigil; Ronald Miller

in a combined lecture, discussion, and computer laboratory setting. In thecourse, we try to blend traditional topics in conceptual and detailed process development,optimization, and engineering economics with more applied topics including de-bottlenecking ofexisting processes, using heuristics and engineering judgment to validate process simulatorresults, and process troubleshooting. Short exercises, process case studies, and open-endedprojects for external clients are all utilized to provide students with ample opportunities toachieve the learning objectives summarized in Table I. Table I Process Design Course Learning Objectives Apply process design principles

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Walter J., III Gomes; Cameron Wright; Michael Morrow; Thad Welch

, 1998.[8] McClellan, J. H., Burrus, C. S., Oppenheim, A. V., Parks, T. W., Schafer, R. W., and Schuessler, H. W., Computer-Based Exercises for Signal Processing Using MATLAB 5, Prentice-Hall, 1998.[9] Yoder, M. A., McClellan, J. H., and Schafer, R. W., “Experiences in Teaching DSP First in the ECE Curriculum,” Proceedings of the 1997 ASEE Annual Conference, paper 1220-06, June 1997.[10] Chassaing, R., Digital Signal Processing: Laboratory Experiments Using C and the TMS320C31 DSK, John Wiley & Sons, 1999.[11] Texas Instruments, Inc., TMS320C3x DSP Starter Kit User’s Guide, 1996.[12] Inacio, C. and Ombres, D., “The DSP Decision: Fixed Point or Floating?,” IEEE Spectrum, pp. 72–74, Sept. 1996.[13] MATLAB

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Trevor Harding

-widetraining programs, but rated departmental programs highly14. In engineering specifically,another study found that 59% of GSIs spend their time in laboratories, raising importantissues that campus-wide programs may not address 2. Thus, departmental programs mustbe seen as an essential tool in combination with campus-wide activities.Peer MentoringA network of mentoring individuals, both student and faculty, would support broad-scopeprograms in an ideal setting. GSIs will only consult professors in low-risk situations (e.g.how to grade the homework, whether to allow make-up exams). They tend to approachmore experienced GSIs with high-risk questions (e.g. how a professor might react to achallenge of authority, how to teach an unfamiliar subject matter